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World Religions A Voyage of Discovery DOC ID TX003939 Aboriginal Rock Art Through the ages Aboriginal Australians have communicated through art Their art includes paintings on leaves and carving in wood or stone ID: 604253

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Chapter 2: Indigenous Religious Traditions

World Religions: A Voyage of Discovery

DOC ID #:

TX003939Slide2

Aboriginal Rock Art

Through the ages, Aboriginal Australians have communicated through art.

Their art includes paintings on leaves and carving in wood or stone

.

© Sam

DCruz

/ www.shutterstock.com

Myths about the Dreaming are a major subject of Aboriginal art.Slide3

Dreamcatcher

and

Iktomi

The

dreamcatcher

has become a very popular Native American object.A Lakota myth attributes the origin of the dreamcatcher to the spider

Iktomi.The dreamcatcher is symbolic of the web of life.

©

nialat

/ www.shutterstock.comSlide4

Quetzalcoatl

Quetzalcoatl, the “Feathered Serpent,” was a powerful Aztec god.

Aztec myth tells of Quetzalcoatl’s having created human beings.

Quetzalcoatl

is said to have invented the calendar

.

© Gordon Galbraith / www.shutterstock.comSlide5

Australian Aboriginal Corroboree Dancers

The corroboree celebrates through song and dance myths of the Dreaming.

The didgeridoo is played in religious ceremonies.

Dancing and music are important elements of religious ritual

.

© Jeff

Chandler / www.shutterstock.comSlide6

African Religious Dance

Dancing is a common ritual practice in many African indigenous religions.

Men of the

Dogon

people, who live in Mali, dance while wearing masks.

Other African peoples, including the Yoruba, also wear masks when dancing.

© Michele Alfieri / www.shutterstock.comSlide7

Native American Dancers

Dancing is a common religious practice among Native American peoples.

Some of the most important rituals involve dancing, such as the Sun Dance and the Ghost Dance

.

© Digital

Media Pro / www.shutterstock.comSlide8

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

Uluru is venerated by the

Anangu

peoples of central Australia.

It is a prime example of the axis mundi,

the “center of the world.”

© Stanislav Fosenbauer / www.shutterstock.com

Axis mundi

means “the place of origin and homeland of the people.”Slide9

Feathered Serpent Pyramid

This is another example of the

axis mundi.

Teotihuacan culture flourished from the third through eighth centuries.

Aztec culture knew the Feathered Serpent as Quetzalcoatl

.

© Vladimir Korostyshevskiy / www.shutterstock.comSlide10

Sweat Lodge

The sweat lodge is utilized by Native American peoples throughout North America.

It is used for ritual purification and cleansing of the body

.

© Jeffrey

M. Frank / www.shutterstock.com

It is used with other rituals, such as the Sun Dance.Slide11

Native American Pipe (Calumet)

The calumet is used by many nations.

It is smoked during religious ceremonies, such as the Sun Dance.

The Northern Plains peoples made calumets of pipestone, a fine-grained reddish rock

.

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3drenderings / www.shutterstock.com